The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-06-15
THE CONTINENT AT LARGE.

In the case Of Prudence Lodge, which adj
mitted Jere Dunn and others, the report of
the Committee on Warrants at the session of
the Grand Lodge of Masons in New York says:
patient and earnest search for the facts in
this case has satisfied the committee that
there were no circumstances sufficiently OF
an extenuating character to mitigate the
offense. Jere Dunn, Tom Gould, aud six
other equally disreputable individuals had
been obligated at the altar of Prudence
Lodge. They were not only men of a dis
reputable character, but were so notorious
that their bunco-steering confidence opera
tons have been common report and food for
sensational stories for years. Not TO know
that Tom Gould and Jere Dunn were improper
candidates for Masonic affiliations was to con-
fess an utter ignorance of affairs too i'm
probable to be accepted even by
very credulous person. Neverthe-
less these persons have received their
Masonic degrees in due and ancient form in
lodge rating 203 members, any one of whom
at any time whatever during the progress of
the comforting of the degrees, as the Masonic
law places an enforced interval of two weeks
between each degree, could by his own simple
act have stopped and prevented its occurrence
and this Dissertation of the pure altar of Free
masonry"
A LONDON special says Lansdowne will be
made Duke in connection with the dstribu-
ton of jubilee honors.
The June returns of the Department of
Agriculture show reduction of nearly per
cent in the area of winter wheat and an in-
crease of about 6 per cent in spring wheat
The total wheat acreage il 81, COS, coo acres
The general average condition of spring wheat
is ST3 and of winter wheat 81 o The aver
ago condition of other leading crops is: Rye,
$50; barley, 81; cotton, 500
A DEPENDENT pension bill, which has been
drafted by committee of the Grand Army of
the Republic, is being submitted to the vari-
Gus posts" of that body. If 1t receives the
approval of the organization, of which there
els little doubt, its passage will be urged upon
the next Congress. 1t proposes very COM
prehensive system of service pensions.
THE number of commercial failures for the
week in the United States aud Canada was 113,
against 200 for the same week last year. Il
G. Dun & Co., in their weekly review of the
trade outlook, say:
But for labor contests and excessive specula-
ton the outlook would be entirely satisfactory.
Crop prospects and the financial situation have
both improved during the last week. But the
effect OF important strikes is felt more serious
ly every week. How great disturbance of
trade and production may result from single
strike is forcibly illustrated by the returns OF
iron furnaces, the Iron Age making the weekly
output June l about ~, G7j tons or ~ per cent.
less than May /, while Pittsburgh statistics
70 warded by correspondents make the
decrease 1868 tons. Either state
ment represents remarkable decline
in output-ranging from sGO0,OOO TO $780,
600, in the value of the weekly production
and TO this must be added the decrease in many
important branches OF manufacture which do
pend for material upon furnaces now idle. In
spite OF the great decline in production, prices
OF iron have been weaker during the last week,
heavy sales OF Southern iron having been made
in Eastern markets. Wheat speculations seem
weaker, though prices, after rising TO nearly 81
for No red have not quite declined TO last
weeks level. Crop reports from all d.
rections favorable, and the ascumu-
lation of $500 about Chicago,
still loaded, because wheat room is
scarce in elevators. gives point To the observa-
ton that great quantity of wheat seems TO be
left in the farmers hands Money is reported
in good supply at all points and collections
everywhere are good or fair with improvement
in some localities. Southern reports show nat
ural dizziness in trade, but confidence in an
early and prosperous fall business From
Northwestern points great activity is every
where reported. with especial mention of the
stimulating influence of rapid railway building.